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Organic polutants - diabetes link?
A strong dose-response relation between serum concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and diabetes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16801591 :s
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Potassium & ACE inhibitors - warning!
FYI, I was sniffing around Drugs.com's drug & supplement interaction checker and noticed a "major" drug interaction warning:
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Is Your Glucose Metabolism Unique to You?
Interesting ideas in this episode (and lots more at thequantifiedbody.net) https://thequantifiedbody.net/glucose-metabolism-eran-segal-lihi-segal/ What You’ll Learn* Studying the glucose response as a quantifiable effect food has on our bodies (05:43). * Post-meal glucose levels represent direct tracking of response to…
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Insulin Load - The Greatest Thing Since Carb Counting?
From Marty Kendall - https://optimisingnutrition.com/2016/05/02/insulin-load-the-greatest-thing-since-carb-counting/ https://optimisingnutrition.com/2016/08/08/how-to-make-endogenous-ketones-at-home/ "I enthusiastically started adding generous amounts of fat from all the yummy stuff (cheese, butter, cream, peanut butter,…
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Fiber - subtract from calorie count?
Found this gem in a thread from 2012:
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Nina Teicholz - "Real Food Politics: Institutional Defense of the Status-Quo"
https://youtu.be/FXjB-5-uzuw
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Help for T2D? Endo appt - which tests to request?
Dear LCD gurus, I have an appointment coming up with a well-regarded endocrinologist, and I'm wondering what I should request in the way of tests beyond the common panels and blood tests (A1c, lipids, liver function, B-12, etc). * First, I'm wondering whether insurance will cover uncommon tests (insulin, IgA, glucagon,…
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Resource for Detailed Nutrition Reports
FYI, the Lowcarber site produces a detailed report of nutrition facts for the foods you enter, with breakdowns of vitamins, minerals, lipids, amino acids, etc., on request. Here's a sample showing just vitamins and minerals.
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Video - ketones, insulin & brown fat
https://youtu.be/8t1JN0RgvO4 @baconslave
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Gastropod - the End of the Calorie
Lots of interesting stuff at Gastropod (suggested by a reader in the MFP Chit-Chat forum), which "looks at food through the lens of science and history." I liked the recent episode, "The End of the Calorie" and accompanying article in Mosaic. @Dragonwolf @baconslave
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Cocktails & Keto... ?
Sobering thoughts from Maria Emmerich: http://mariamindbodyhealth.com/alcohol-and-ketosis/
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High sodium = more death?
Anyone care to ID the türd in the punchbowl? "A Journal of the American Medical Association study examined how 10 dietary factors — fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, whole grains, unprocessed red meat, processed meat, sugary drinks, polyunsaturated fats, s 7eafood (with omega-3 fats), and sodium — were associated with…
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Vitamin K Primer
Lots of good info here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/2016/12/09/the-ultimate-vitamin-k2-resource/
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Vitamin D UV lamp??
Panacea or prank? http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LBI1BIO/
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Vitamins & Arterial Stiffness
Crosstalk between Vitamins A, B12, D, K, C, and E Status and Arterial Stiffness (2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266829 A bit of a mouthful, but pretty interesting.....
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The Liver is the New Microbiome & Carbohydrate Fatty Liver Disease
Here's a very entertaining, informal roundtable on various aspects of The Liver's role in metabolism, heart disease, etc. with LC sluggers Ivor Cummins, Dr. David Unwin, and Samuel Feltham, Director of the UK nonprofit, Public Health Collaboration www.phcuk.org. Hepatologists will rule the world! Highly recommended.…
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A+ article - Which nutrients is your diet missing?
From Marty Kendall: https://optimisingnutrition.com/2017/03/11/which-nutrients-is-your-diet-missing/ Much food for thought!
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Alcohol & Carbs & T2D (cont'd. from Just BLEW UP the low carb life)
original thread here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10453059/just-blew-up-the-low-carb-life#latest Carrrying this over due to anticipated interest....
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Chris Masterjohn's Mini-course on Antioxidants
If you haven't seen him before, Chris Masterjohn is a great speaker. https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/the-antioxidant-system Part 1: https://youtu.be/aDmDVOH9U-U
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Gluten Free Society
Here's a resource for a lot of collected info on gluten (from the Autoimmune Summit mailing list): https://www.glutenfreesociety.org/ Here's a taste - an amazingly long list of foodstuffs that do or might contain corn: https://www.glutenfreesociety.org/hidden-corn-based-ingredients/
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RIP, Dr. Joseph Kraft
Dr. Kraft died recently at 95. He was a pioneer in diabetes research, identifying patterns of diabetes through differing insulin responses. Which type are you? Here's a summary of the importance of Dr. Kraft's work, including the patterns he identified after studying the results of oral glucose tolerance tests with insulin…
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The "Butter Makes Your Pants Fall Off" Song
https://youtu.be/B5S6YUDJ9HI
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Sugar In Your "Natural" Sea Salt?
I know, I know. Why am I surprised? I started looking through my post-purge cupboard for more candidates for the dustbin. I started with shakeable containers that might be expected to contain those notorious additives and "anti-caking agents," like maltodextrin, dextrose, cellulose (wood fiber), etc. Lo and behold, Hain…
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Great keto FAQ interview with Jeff Volek
46 minutes of basic LCHF info clearly and succinctly explained. A lot of it will be familiar to veterans, but it's still well worth watching. (FYI, at around 46:00, the discussion shifts to the sponsor UCAN's "superstarch." Around 1:04, the talk turns to keto research now in progress re: diabetes, cancer, and neurology.)…
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Great Lines for Keto Fortune Cookies ?
(And these are just from the last day.....) Anyone have any good lines to add, or maybe a recipe for actual keto fortune cookies? * There is such a beast as a pizza rake, though the head at 9" could be a little broad for rapid loading. A telescoping back-scratcher might be the ideal personal pizza rake.
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LC for Chronic Disease - will the main stream ever buy it? (Nerd alert)
Here's a detailed summary of Thomas Kuhn's model of the complex process that precedes a change in a scientific paradigms: http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Pajares/Kuhn.html A couple snippets: ... That is, it might be a while. (Especially when commercial and political pressures have their thumbs on the "established science" side…
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Time-Restricted Eating - Early Shift
Early time-restricted feeding strategy may help with losing weight http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170106/Early-time-restricted-feeding-strategyc2a0may-help-with-losing-weight.aspx (From FoundMyFitness blog.)
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T2Ds - Pea protein?
Does PP tend to shoot your glucose up quicker and higher than other protein supplements? Wondering if it's a glucagon tickler..... Thx!
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Great article - Diet & Insulin Resistance (Marty Kendall)
A lot of good info on a variety of topics (diet strategies, ketone levels, protein, etc.). https://optimisingnutrition.com/2017/01/15/how-optimize-your-diet-for-your-insulin-resistance/
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Why Be in Ketosis? - 25 Reasons (Adam Nally)
Here's part 1: https://youtu.be/Rhqi_1VXHpY @cstehansen
